Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-02
WANT MORE BOOKS PAINTED.
Mass Meeting in Turner Hall Last Nigh
Resolutions Passed.
The following dodger was thrown abol

Resolutions Passed
The following dodger was thrown about
the streets yesterday:
Citizens of Sacramento A mass meeting will
be held as Turner Hall ON Friday evening, April
list, at clock, to consider the inactivity of the
State Board of Education in regard to the pub
lication of the State series of school textbooks
This is d question of the greatest importance to
every citizen of the State of California, and all
are invited to attend. Prominent speakers will
address the meeting.
When the time arrived some 200 persons
had assembled, go of whom were ladies.
D. E. Alexander was elected Chairman. A
long list of Vice-Presidents was read,
nearly all OF whom were absent Those
present who took their seats upon the plat
form were DR.. A. E. Bruno, F. ]. Clark
and Charles Schmitt.
The first speaker was r. NJ. Clarken. He
spoke for fully three-quarters of an hour,
aad was frequently applauded. He gave a
| history of the amendment of the Constit-
tuition providing for the publication of the
| State series of textbooks, and censured
| the State Board of Education for not run
| ming the printing Office and bindry up to
| its fullest capacity and giving the employees
of that institution constant and permanent
employment. He said they should imme-
diately order 10000 First Readers, 10000
| Second Readers, $4,000 Spoilers and $4,000
Arithmetics. He scored the entire Board,
| except Governor Bartlett, intimating that
| they were more in the service of private
book concerns than they were in the inter-
! est of the people.
J. D. Jost moved that committee of five
be appointed on resolutions, which carried
| Tho Chair annofDfad ha
named gentlemen as such committee: ].
D. Jost. F. j. Clark, e. ]. Morton, DR.. A. E.
Bruno and DIR. J. R. Lame.
The committee returned in few min
utes with the following, which were read
by r. NJ. Clarken, and unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, The enormous expense put upon
| the public by the publishing house rings for
school textbooks eyentuated in inducing the
people to adopt a change in their organic laws,
whereby, in order TO shake off the unbearable
burden of the book-rings and their lobby in
| fluenees, the State undertook to supply to her
children the books necessary for their educa-
| ton at cost price and whereas, this beneficent
change will, If honestly administered bring
| great relief to thousands whose burdens in the
| purchase of school textbooks are past human
| endurance; and whereas, the books published
| by the State are equal, if not superior in mat
| ter and makeup to the bestever published and
are sold at about onehalf the price paid to pub
fishing houses and whereas, the industry
created by this publication by the State has
given employment to many deserving people
and whereas, the relief SO long sought in the
matter of expense for school textbooks is now
within our grasp if those having the power
to order the publication of sufficient books
| to supply the necessities Of those requiring
school textbooks do their duty and whereas,
| the number of books published is insufficient
| to supply the demands; and whereas, it is the
duty of the State Board of Education-clothed
with the power and invested with the duty of
carrying out the purpose of the people in adopt
ing the amendment to the Constitution provid-
ing for the publication of text-books-to order
published an ample supply of books to furnish
to every child in the State such books as may
be necessary for his or her education at the
loves. possible cost price, and to do all that can
be done to stamp out the last vestige of book
rings from the schools of this State and
whereas instead of doing this great duty the
great presses at the State Printing Office are
standing idle. the books are not being printed
and the plain object of the law is being
flagrantly thwarted and defied, the viii of the
people defeated, and the evident wishes of pub
fishing house rings fostered; therefore, be it
ReS0tued, That the action of the State Board
of Education, some of whom are we'll known
adherents of publishing rings, deserves the
seyerest censure from the whole people, and
this mass meeting, voicing the public indigna-
tion points its finger at the official person of the
State superintendent, accuses him with an in
tention to defeat the textbook system he has
sworn to uphold, and demands OF him, in the
name OF All LlAI ne 90 MS QQLy
by ordering published supply of books which
shall be ample to meet all demands.
Resolved, That we call upon all true friends of
our common schools, and especially upon the
public press, to cry out from the house-tops of
public opinion against this evident purpose
among public servants to defeat and throttle
the public will.
Professor Hyde, the next speaker, was
very severe upon the State Board. He said
Professor Allen must be watched, Professor
More was upon the fence, and the State
Superintendent not above suspicion. He
did not think there was County Board in
the State that could not be corrupted by
the agents of book concerns, and honest
teachers were hard to find, for desiring to
retain their positions their course was di-
fected entirely by policy. If they opposed
these book monopolists they did so at the
peril of losing their places.
f. J. CLARK, the next speaker, was par
tieularly severe upon Professor Allen,
whom he said was not an educated man.
In common conversation he butchers the
English language most horribly, and still
he is the man who is getting up your
grammar. He is illiterate, and not the
man to whom should be intrusted so i'm
portant q work" He hoped the Board
would come forward and do their duty,
and make the people ashamed of suspect
ing them. They should use the money as
directed. If they don't use it before July
il is lost to the State, and they who talk
anything else talk nonsense.
]. d. Jost said, as a member of the citi-
zens' committee, he desired to be heard.
The Chair invited him to take the stand
and he did so. He said he desired to ex-
press his feelings toward some of the So
called prominent citizens and show their
deplorable cowardice. 'We called upon
them to speak hear tonight and they
promised to do SO if we would furnish
them the facts and figures. We furnished
them with the data and they have dropped
to the rear. I presume they have been
seen. We called upon Republicans to talk
to this meeting, but at the last moment
they tell us they must go to the opera with
their families, SO we had to call upon
Democrat to upbraid the State Board. 1t
is a piece of cowardice. They are afraid
to show up the State Board. Grove L.
Johnson promised to be here he is at the
opera. General Hart consented, but he,
too, is at the opera George Katzenstein
promised, but he, too, is caught by the
opera. Mr.. Weinstock was spoken to a
week ago he manifested the most pro-
found enthusiasm. Where is he tonight
At the opera. They are towards, and the
fact is that the majority of '' the best citi-
zens " of Sacramento go to the opera and
let this meeting go to the dogs"